Who We Are
FOCOTE Initiative Uganda is registered as a community based organisation in Kasese and a non governmental organisation in Uganda operating in the Rwenzori region carrying out community sensitisation on Education, Conflicts, Environmental conservation, Water and Sanitation, Primary Health Care, Peace building and Rehabilitation, Youth Empowerment, Women Emancipation, Girl child education, mentoring, etc
Activities of the Organisation
Focote Initiative Uganda engages in several activities categorised in six (6) key thematic areas as follows:-
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
i) Skilling women, girls, the youth and the disadvantaged with self employment skills.
ii) Health education and health campaigns.
iii) Training communities and targeted groups.
iv) Career guidance and counseling to the school going age children and youths.
v) Mentorship and motivation seminars, workshops, discussions, plenaries and fora.
Vi) Adult literacy activities.
WATER AND SANITATION.
i) Improving access to basic water supply and sanitation services by the community.
ii). Provision, protection and improvement of water sources.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.
Environmental awareness through tree planting and distribution of tree seedlings.
Environmental conservation
Tree nursery bed management
Community sensitisation on the changes in climatic conditions.
Environmental sanitation and home hygiene.
Advocating for conservation of wetlands, natural vegetation cover and wildlife.
Waste Management.
Pollution Control.
Conservation of Heritage.
PEACE BUILDING AND REHABILITATION.
Assist the recovery of communities, in part through projects that address social and economic infrastructure
Co-ordination with, and referral to, a Network of Specialized interventions, including Institutions, to provide professional and technical Support and Training to persons affected by conflicts in the community.
PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE(PHC) SERVICES.
i) Prevention and control of communicable diseases including HIV/AIDS.
ii) Guidance and Counseling.
iii) Health and sanitation awareness.
iv) Vector and vermin control.
v) Home visiting.
vi) Environmental sanitation and home hygiene.
INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT.
i) Giving advisory services.
ii) Establishing and engaging in productive activities in the community.
iii) Carrying out research to exploit local potential or initiatives in order to promote development and use of local resources.
iv) Collaborating and networking with other civil society organizations, the corporate sector, NGO’s, Donors, the local authorities and the Government of Uganda.
Objectivities
Providing mechanisms for skilling women, girls and the youth for a self sustainable community to deter early pregnancies, drug and alcohol abuse, etc
Community sensistisation to reduce the illiteracy levels and school drop outs.
Protection of water sources and provision of safe and clean water to the community.
Increase community awareness and involvement in sustainable agriculture and catchment management interventions for restoration of degraded areas including river banks and bare hills.
Mechanisms for enhancing basic biodiversity conservation & restoration of degraded ecosystems through tree planting.
OUR MISSION AND VISION
Vision
To have a self-reliant and informed community that is sensitive to and capable of finding community solutions for their communities.
Mission
“To contribute to sustainable community transformation through sensitization, mobilization and empowerment of women, girls and other vulnerable people, foster sustainable development and environmental conservation.”